Places rubysage Wants to Go

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.